DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — A Father’s Day dance planned for this month was cancelled by organizers due to fears over potential immigration enforcement. According to organizers with the Mujeres Latinas Club, the fear of local ICE and CBP operations have kept dozens of families from leaving their homes. “We have parents that send
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The 10 highest-paid officials in Riverside County government last year were working in public safety and public health, according to a report released today by the California Controller’s Office. The agency published its 2024 “Government Compensation in California” analysis, showing how taxpayer funds were spent in the previous year, and
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday said in a statement that the agency had obtained “a body of credible evidence [that] indicates Iran’s Nuclear Program has been severely damaged” by recent strikes, underscoring a broad intelligence community effort is ongoing to determine the
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Palm Desert man known as the former drummer of the indie power-pop group the New Pornographers pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and recording a minor in a public restroom at a local restaurant. Joseph Seiders, 44, of Palm Desert, pleaded guilty to multiple charges on Wednesday, according to court
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By Ana María Cañizares, Abel Alvarado and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to the country’s President Daniel Noboa. Macias, known as “Fito,” escaped from a prison in Guayaquil in January 2024 while serving a 34-year sentence
Continue Reading CNN By Ana María Cañizares, Abel Alvarado and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to the country’s President Daniel Noboa. Macias, known as “Fito,” escaped from a prison in Guayaquil in January 2024 while serving a 34-year
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By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — A former jewelry store manager in the United Kingdom was sentenced to 28 months in prison after posting selfies wearing stolen merchandise and sending them to her coworkers, Humberside Police said in a statement. Lucy Roberts, 39, frequently took jewelry home with her during the year she worked at
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Twenty Coachella Valley college students have been awarded more than $90,000 in scholarships through Modernism Week’s annual scholarship program, officials announced today. Modernism Week is an annual celebration of midcentury architecture and design in Palm Springs. Proceeds support local preservation efforts and scholarships for Coachella Valley students pursuing careers
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The head of the White House budget office on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s push to enact sweeping cuts to federal funding, even as some Republican senators voiced concerns and raised questions about the breadth of them. In opening remarks in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Office of
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KESQ) – A police officer was injured in a shooting near Santa Monica Place Mall today, and the suspect — who is believed to be connected to an earlier shooting that wounded two juveniles in a Waymo vehicle — was arrested after a roughly three-hour search. The shooting occurred shortly after 1
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN Noordwijk, Netherlands (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his top national security officials spent much of their day in the Netherlands working to rebut an early intelligence report that assessed weekend US strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only
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By Isabel Rosales, CNN Nashville, Tennessee (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in federal custody, at least for a few more days, amid questions over what would happen if the Salvadoran migrant facing human smuggling charges is released and subsequently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. US Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes said Wednesday in
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MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) – First responders rescued an elderly patient who was injured in Mecca Wednesday afternoon. The incident was first reported at a little after 1 p.m. on Painted Canyon Road and Box Canyon Road. The man was hoisted out of the canyon and taken to Thermal Airport for further medical evaluation. Authorities said
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN New York (CNN) — New Yorkers aren’t the only ones trying to wrap their heads around Zohran Mamdani. Democratic Party operatives and elected officials around the country are both flabbergasted and inspired by the 33-year-old democratic socialist’s stunning success in Tuesday’s mayoral primary. In text chains and private conversations, they are
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Welcome to 5 Things PM! The US wasted 73.9 million tons of unsold or uneaten food — nearly one-third of the country’s total supply — in 2023, according to ReFED, a nonprofit focused on reform. Food markdown apps are a popular way to score cheap meals destined for garbage bins. Here’s
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, an alleged senior leader of the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Ten Most Wanted list. Known as “El Viejo,” the old man, Mosquera Serrano is the first member from the gang on the FBI’s top
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – Testimony is slated to wrap up before the end of the week in the trial of a 43-year-old Banning man accused of raping two women on separate occasions while they were intoxicated, as well as molesting a 12-year-old girl. Steven Roy McElroy was arrested in 2022 following an extensive Banning Police
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CNN By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Emil Bove, was pushed to repeatedly deny several accusations of corruption – one made by a whistleblower at the Justice Department – during his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I am not anybody’s henchman,”
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Coachella man with outstanding warrants who led deputies on a vehicle pursuit was bound for state prison today to serve one year and four months. Trevor Alexander Berry, 46, was arrested June 11 after fleeing from Riverside County sheriff’s deputies, authorities said. Berry pleaded not guilty for evading arrest
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of musician and actress Courtney Love. Personal Birth date: July 9, 1964 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Love Michelle Harrison Father: Hank Harrison Mother: Linda Carroll Marriages: Kurt Cobain (1992-1994, his death); James Moreland (1989-1989, divorced) Children: with Kurt Cobain: Frances
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